Skip to main content
Electrical Engineering
Thomas O's user avatar
Thomas O's user avatar
Thomas O's user avatar
Thomas O
  • Member for 15 years, 4 months
  • Last seen more than 2 years ago
Profile Activity

Stats

32,524
reputation
4.7m
reached
223
answers
294
questions
Communities
View all

About

Ubuntu 10.04 User.

Uses Windows XP sometimes. Hates Vista with a passion. Interested in Windows 7, though haven't tried it much.

Programs PIC microcontrollers in C and assembly. Favours dsPICs at the moment, but hasn't tried any other microcontroller yet.

Prefers Python any day!

Badges

View all badges
60
gold badges
195
silver badges
326
bronze badges

Top tags

View all tags
92
Score
51
Posts
10
Posts %
66
Score
17
Posts
3
Posts %
50
Score
23
Posts
4
Posts %
32
Score
23
Posts
4
Posts %
30
Score
16
Posts
3
Posts %
26
Score
26
Posts
5
Posts %

Top posts

View all questions and answers
75
Relay vs. Transistor?
Feb 13, 2011
66
What standard UART rates are there?
Jan 21, 2011
63
What is the practical difference between watts and VA (volt-amps)?
Apr 10, 2011
55
Standard PCB trace widths?
Oct 20, 2010
49
Why are things like RESET/MCLR active low on most ICs?
Dec 8, 2010
45
How does an electronic caliper work?
Nov 14, 2010
44
I don't care how a transistor works, how do I get one to work?
Oct 18, 2010
43
Is paralleling diodes a bad idea?
Nov 3, 2010
37
What is a "digital" motor?
Apr 15, 2011
36
What is the significance of -3 dB?
Nov 19, 2010

Top Meta posts

2
2
17
What is our policy on dangerous stuff?
4
Is E&R the place to ask about questions of programming, but related to microcontrollers?

Top network posts

View all network posts
179
Algorithm for offsetting latitude/longitude by some amount of meters
162
Is closed-source code more secure than open-source?
150
Can every grain of sand be addressed in IPv6?
124
Has one vote ever made a difference?
104
How to test if a list contains another list as a contiguous subsequence?